The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

Name: The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Author: Haring, Clarence Henry

Haring, Clarence Henry

Buccaneers; West Indies -- History

This book was reprinted several times and numerous translations were
made, one on the top of the other. What appears to be a German
translation of Exquemelin appeared in 1679 with the title:

    Americanische Seeraeuber. Beschreibung der groessesten
    durch die Franzoesische und Englische Meer-Beuter wider
    die Spanier in Amerika veruebten Raubery Grausamheit ...
    Durch A. O. Nuernberg, 1679. 12º.

("Historie der Boecaniers of Vrybuyters van America ... Met Figuuren, 3
Deel. t'Amsterdam, 1700," 4º.--Brit. Mus., 9555. c. 19.)

This was followed two years later by a Spanish edition, also taken from
the Dutch original:

    Piratas de la America y luz a la defensa de las costas
    de Indias Occidentales. Dedicado a Don Bernadino Antonio
    de Pardinas Villar de Francos ... por el zelo y cuidado
    de Don Antonio Freyre ... Traducido de la lingua
    Flamenca en Espanola por el Dor. de Buena-Maison ...
    Colonia Agrippina, en casa de Lorenzo Struickman. Ano de
    1681. 12º.

(Brit. Mus., G. 7179. The appended description of the Spanish Government
in America was omitted and a few Spanish verses were added in one or two
places, but otherwise the translation seems to be trustworthy. The
portraits and the map of the isthmus of Panama are the same as in the
Dutch edition, but the other plates are different and better. In the
Bibl. Nat. there is another Spanish edition of 1681 in quarto.)

This Spanish text, which seems to be a faithful rendering of the Dutch,
was reprinted with a different dedication in 1682 and in 1684, and again
in Madrid in 1793. It is the version on which the first English edition
was based. The English translation is entitled:

    Bucaniers of America; or a true account of the ...
    assaults committed ... upon the coasts of the West
    Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga ...
    especially the ... exploits of Sir Henry Morgan ...
    written originally in Dutch by J. Esquemeling ... now
    ... rendered into English. W. Crooke; London, 1684. 4º.

(Brit. Mus., 1198, a. 12 (or) 1197, h. 2.; G. 7198.)

The first English edition of Exquemelin was so well received that within
three months a second was published, to which was added the account of a
voyage by Captain Cook and a brief chapter on the exploits of Barth.
Sharp in the Pacific Ocean. In the same year, moreover, there appeared
an entirely different English version, with the object of vindicating
the character of Morgan from the charges of brutality and lust which had
appeared in the first translation and in the Dutch original. It was
entitled:

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The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII CenturyHaring, Clarence Henry

History

The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

Haring, Clarence Henry

Buccaneers; West Indies -- History

This book was reprinted several times and numerous translations were
made, one on the top of the other. What appears to be a German
translation of Exquemelin appeared in 1679 with the title:

    Americanische Seeraeuber. Beschreibung der groessesten
    durch die Franzoesische und Englische Meer-Beuter wider
    die Spanier in Amerika veruebten Raubery Grausamheit ...
    Durch A. O. Nuernberg, 1679. 12º.

("Historie der Boecaniers of Vrybuyters van America ... Met Figuuren, 3
Deel. t'Amsterdam, 1700," 4º.--Brit. Mus., 9555. c. 19.)

This was followed two years later by a Spanish edition, also taken from
the Dutch original:

    Piratas de la America y luz a la defensa de las costas
    de Indias Occidentales. Dedicado a Don Bernadino Antonio
    de Pardinas Villar de Francos ... por el zelo y cuidado
    de Don Antonio Freyre ... Traducido de la lingua
    Flamenca en Espanola por el Dor. de Buena-Maison ...
    Colonia Agrippina, en casa de Lorenzo Struickman. Ano de
    1681. 12º.

(Brit. Mus., G. 7179. The appended description of the Spanish Government
in America was omitted and a few Spanish verses were added in one or two
places, but otherwise the translation seems to be trustworthy. The
portraits and the map of the isthmus of Panama are the same as in the
Dutch edition, but the other plates are different and better. In the
Bibl. Nat. there is another Spanish edition of 1681 in quarto.)

This Spanish text, which seems to be a faithful rendering of the Dutch,
was reprinted with a different dedication in 1682 and in 1684, and again
in Madrid in 1793. It is the version on which the first English edition
was based. The English translation is entitled:

    Bucaniers of America; or a true account of the ...
    assaults committed ... upon the coasts of the West
    Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga ...
    especially the ... exploits of Sir Henry Morgan ...
    written originally in Dutch by J. Esquemeling ... now
    ... rendered into English. W. Crooke; London, 1684. 4º.

(Brit. Mus., 1198, a. 12 (or) 1197, h. 2.; G. 7198.)

The first English edition of Exquemelin was so well received that within
three months a second was published, to which was added the account of a
voyage by Captain Cook and a brief chapter on the exploits of Barth.
Sharp in the Pacific Ocean. In the same year, moreover, there appeared
an entirely different English version, with the object of vindicating
the character of Morgan from the charges of brutality and lust which had
appeared in the first translation and in the Dutch original. It was
entitled:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century

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